Opposition Condemns ‘Manhandling’ Of Omar Abdullah By J&Ok Police, BJP Says ‘CM Preventing…’
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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin questioned if it was applicable for an elected chief minister to be handled in the identical method as Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah | Picture: News18
Opposition events have condemned the “manhandling” of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by police as he tried to enter Naqshband Sahib graveyard to pay tribute to 22 folks killed by the Dogra military in 1931.
The dramatic scenes unfolded a day after Abdullah and a number of other leaders of the Nationwide Convention and opposition events have been allegedly put underneath home arrest to stop them from going to the graveyard to mark Martyrs’ Day on July 13.
Nonetheless, Abdullah dodged the safety forces and made a shock go to to the graveyard. With gates closed, the CM climbed over the primary gate and entered the graveyard premises to supply ‘fateha’.
In a publish on X, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee mentioned the incident is unlucky and unacceptable.
“What’s improper in visiting the graveyard of martyrs? This isn’t solely unlucky, it additionally snatches the democratic proper of a citizen. What occurred this morning to an elected Chief Minister @OmarAbdullah is unacceptable. Surprising. Shameful.” she wrote.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin questioned if it was applicable for an elected chief minister to be handled in the identical method as Abdullah.
Attacking the BJP, Stalin alleged that the Centre is systematically stripping away the rights of elected state governments from Tamil Nadu to Kashmir.
Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav additionally took a poetic jibe on the Centre.
तुम यूँ ही हर बात परपाबंदियों का दौर लाओगे,तो जब बदलेगी हुकूमततो तुम ही बताओतुम किस सरहद कोफांद कर जाओगे। pic.twitter.com/EIOI6RJOTc— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 14, 2025
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate additionally reacted to the incident and mentioned, “It’s reprehensible that the unelected police and unelected administration of Delhi are attempting to manage an elected Chief Minister. Elected leaders are being put underneath home arrest… The LG of J&Ok has accepted that he’s taking duty for the Pahalgam assault… If he’s taking duty to avoid wasting Delhi, to develop into its defend, then resign…”
D Raja, Basic Secretary, Communist Occasion of India (CPI) mentioned it’s totally unacceptable that in Jammu & Kashmir, the LG’s administration and J&Ok Police prevented even the elected CM, together with residents and leaders, from paying their respects on the Martyrs’ graveyard on July 13, arresting and manhandling them.
“Including to this insult, quite a few leaders have been positioned underneath home arrest, silenced inside their very own houses on a day of collective remembrance. This isn’t only a breach of democratic norms. It’s a blatant assault on our conscience and a reminder of how far governance in J&Ok has fallen underneath authoritarian unaccountable rule. CPI calls for speedy restoration of statehood—no ifs, no buts—in order that the folks’s representatives can actually serve, as a substitute of being silenced and subjugated,” he wrote.
CM Preventing With Police: BJP
Sunil Sharma, Chief of Opposition within the Jammu and Kashmir meeting, mentioned it is vitally unlucky that an elected Chief Minister jumps over the boundary wall of Mazar-e-Shuhada and engages in a scuffle with police.
“We’re those who type legal guidelines, we should always not take it into our fingers…The youth may come onto the streets by holding stones, getting provoked because the chief minister is combating with the police,” he mentioned.
We’re No one’s Slaves: CM Abdullah
Omar Abdullah mentioned it’s unlucky that, by the orders of those that declare their duty is to take care of legislation and order, they weren’t allowed to recite the Fatiha yesterday. “Everybody was house-arrested for the reason that morning. After I instructed the management room that I needed to return right here to recite Fatiha, bunkers have been put in exterior my home inside minutes. They usually remained there until 12-1 am. At the moment, I got here right here with out informing anybody. At the moment, too, they tried to cease us… I need to know underneath which legislation I used to be stopped… They are saying that it is a free nation, however they suppose that we’re their slaves. We’re no person’s slaves. We’re solely the slaves of the folks right here… We foiled their makes an attempt… They tried to tear our flag. However we got here right here and recited the Fatiha. They neglect that these graves will at all times stay right here. They stopped us on July 13, however for a way lengthy can they proceed to take action? We’ll come right here at any time when we wish and bear in mind the martyrs,” he mentioned.
Saurabh Verma covers common, nationwide and worldwide day-to-day information for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You possibly can comply with him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
Saurabh Verma covers common, nationwide and worldwide day-to-day information for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You possibly can comply with him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
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